1999 was the year Australia claimed the Cricket World Cup, school kids around the country caught Pokémon fever, Rove made his debut and after 27 years, Hey Hey It’s Saturday aired its finale. As the nation prepared for the turning of the millennium, eBay launched in Australia and it has been changing the way Australians shop ever since.

Shopping on the loo? Shopping mid-conversation? Shopping on the footpath? Just a few years ago you’d never have believed people would be shopping, literally, everywhere they go. Short attention spans, omni-channel consumerism and an always-online presence have been revealed by eBay research as the characteristics of today’s savvy shopper driving unprecedented changes in the retail world.